good morning to our viewers in the west. it is wednesday, october 24th, 2012. welcome to "cbs this morning." president obama and governor romney campaign for every vote they can get in key swing state s. forecasters are keeping a close eye on tropical storm sandy. could it hit the east coast? should you be charged extra for asking questions at the doctor's office? we'll go inside the growing battle over hidden fees. we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >> we're on the homestretch now. and i think the people of colorado are going to get us all the way there. what do you think? >> the presidential candidates storm through the swing states. >> governor romney is in nevada and iowa today.

>> the president campaigned in florida and ohio, pushing a new 20-page summary for a second term. >> it's not the okey doke. >> debate experts agreed they won on substance. big deal. lance armstrong won on several substances. yesterday a's major sell-off, the dow plunging 233 points. >> we obtained e-mail alerts put out by the state department as the attack unfolded in benghazi, libya. >> the e-mail showing that ansar al sharia claimed responsibility as the assault was ongoing on the u.s. consulate. another republican senate candidate sets off a firestorm about rape and pregnancy. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that got intended to happen. >> a deadly shark attack in southern california. a 39-year-old man was killed while surfing in the waters off surf beach. two teenagers steal a pickup

and drive it in the front of the gas station. korean pop star met with secretary general moon. >> you are required to wear a seat belt. put your damn seat belt on. >> all that -- >> do i get to answer or do you want to go on your own personal jihad there? >> you're accusing me of jihad? >> do you think it is now more of a campaign for undecided voters? >> i think there are about six undecided voters left in the entire country. >> undecided voters, we know that they're out there. these campaigns have spent billions of dollars trying to capture them with lawn signs, tv ads and for some lucky ohio voters an amorous david axelrod ads and for some lucky ohio voters an amorous david axelrod with a rose in his teeth. captioning funded by cbs >> welcome. welcome to "cbs this

morning." president yl candidates are focusing on the battleground states that will decide the election. >> president obama has rallies in nerve vada, ohio and iowa an mitt romney will be covering nevada and iowa as well. jan crawford has details. >> reporter: mitt romney is getting ready to head back here to nevada later today, two of the ten battleground states that could well decide this election. at a rally last night near denver, romney made sure to mention what everyone knows, the debates have fueled his surge in the polls. >> they have supercharged our campaign. >> reporter: with the final debate behind them, the candidates took their arguments on the trail in key battleground states, romney in nevada and colorado and the president in florida and ohio. romney said his new momentum has come in part because the president has no new ideas. >> he has become a president of

status quo. and the policies of the president are the continuation of what we've seen over the last four years. >> reporter: to enforce that message in ten swing states, the main outside group supporting romney announced a $17.7 million ad buy. >> we never go forward by settling for the status quo. >> reporter: an outside group supporting the president also unveiled aa new ad hammer iing line of attack that was successful for democrats over the summer over romney's tenure of a private equity firm bain capital. >> mitt romney and bain capital have turned it into a junkyard. >> reporter: in ohio, a state that could well decide the election, president obama stayed on the offensive, arguing the debates had gone well for him. >> i hope i made clear that there's a big difference between me and mitt romney. and it's not just that he's got better hair. >> reporter: reacting to criticism that he has yet to release specific plans for a

second term, mr. obama's campaign also released a 20-page booklet of his proposals. >> it's not a sketchy deal. it's not the okey doke. >> reporter: and continued to hit romney for what he said was his constantly changing position. >> we had a severe outbreak last night. it was aat least, at least phase three romneysicha. >> reporter: celebrity lawyer gloria allred reportedly has new information on governor romney and billionaire donald trump says he's got something to share on the president. we don't know what it is, if it's a publicity stunt or as trump says, something that could change the race. charlie, norah, i'm sure you're on the edge of your seat for that. >> really? jan crawford, thank you. cbs news political director john dickerson is covering the obama

campaign in dayton, ohio. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> what are the closing arguments as these two campaigns come down to the wire? >> reporter: you know, i was with the president yesterday. his closing argument has two prongs. one is that he's disqualifying governor romney, basically saying you can't trust him. forget the economy. forget foreign policy. trust is at the center of this and the changes in position on mitt romney means that he is disqualified. then the president had a new pamphlet with 20 pages of his policy saying i've got a plan and vision for the future. governor romney's closing aargument is basically do you want four more years of the sluggish, weak economy we've had? the president is out of ideas. that's his argument to disqualify president obama. then his argument for himself is i was a business guy. i know how to turn around the economy. >> and the polls in ohio, as we know them today?

>> reporter: they are very, very close. you can look at the average. the president is up just a tiny bit in the average. both campaigns feel like this is a dead locked race here in ohio. the president is talking a lot about the auto bailout and you saw mitt romney from his fast response on that in the second dough bait -- third debate, excuse me, that he doesn't want to lose any ground on that question of the auto bailout here in ohio. that's the big issue here. >> we talk a lot about the importance of the women's vote. let's talk about the men's vote. gallup has some interesting numbers. comparing where we are in the state of the race in 2008, where barack obama and john mccain were even among men and this year mitt romney has a huge lead among men. does that matter? >> reporter: it matters a lot. president obama cannot make up with women the deficit he has with men. he has to fix that problem. also, his lead with women isn't

what it used to be. why is it going down with men? what it looks like is happening is that those male voters who are more sort of focused on the economy, less interested in the social issues really are buying this aargument that romney has put forward that four more years of president obama's policies just won't work. >> it will be interesting to wuch that. john, hang on just a moment. there's another political story making big news this morning. as jeff glor reports, indiana's republican u.s. senate candidate is in hot water over xhepts he ma ma -- comments he made. >> reporter: none of them went as far as the state's current treasurer last night. >> i, too, certainly stand for life. >> reporter: the remark came during the end of tuesday's final debate for indiana's open senate seat when richard mourdock was asked about abortion. >> even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape that it is something that god

intended to happen. >> reporter: after the debate, mourdock clarified his comment saying god creates life. and that is my point. god does not want rape and by no mean means with his i suggesting that he does. rape is a horrible thing. and for anyone to twist my words otherwise is absurd and sick. but democrats were quick to capitalize. senior obama campaign adviser david axelrod tweeted mitt's man mourdock aprils akin in indiana debate, reflecting a gop that is way out of the mainstream, a not so subtle reminder during the missouri senate race two months ago. >> first of all, from what i understand from doctors, that's really rare. if it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> reporter: just three days aago, governor romney endorsed mourdock in a new ad. >> this fall i'm supporting richard mourdock for senate. >> last night the campaign distanced itself saying, quote,

the governor zbraes with richard mourdock's comments and they do not reflect his views. >> richard luger in an upcoming primary earlier this year. he and his opponent joe donnelly had been locked in a very tight race up until this moment. norah? >> john, could this cost republicans their chance to reclaim the majority in the senate? >> reporter: republicans need three or four seats to take control of the senate. and the vice president can break the tie. this is a safe president seat in indiana. it's a problem here. the question, though, is whether these comments are ones mourdock can fix. suburban women is what he would have to worry about to the extent that mitt romney has tried to distance himself from these remarks, moved back to the middle. this would be something if it

became a firestorm in a national story it would reassociate him potentially with the very conservative parts, the socially conservative parts of the party, something he has tried to stay away from in the general election, focusing on the economy when it comes to women's issues and not the social issues, which are harder for him and for republicans more generally. >> john dickerson, thank you very much. wall street is up this morning after the 243-point loss on tuesday. dow jones industrials have lost 200 points twice in the past three days of trading, once more a reminder that the economy is still the number one issue in the election. rebecca jarvis is here. good morning. >> morning. >> what's happening in the market? >> what's happening in the markets right now, $500 billion in value has been wiped out in just the last three days as far as the stock market is concerned. at the root of this is earnings. it's earning season. number of major multi-national companies from dupont to united

technology technologies, 3m have come out recently and said we're not doing as well as we thought we were doing. 90% of the companies that have looked at what was going to happen in the future have given negative guidance about the future. at the heart of that negative guidance is this fiscal cliff, in tax hikes and spending cuts set to come at the end of this year if congress doesn't act. those things are hanging overall of corporate america because they can't plan for the future. they can't determine with that level of uncertainty what happens next for them. >> we're show iing you what thi fiscal cliff means for everybody, $2,000 more for family, government programs cut, the jobless rates go up. that's the uncertainty that also is hanging over wall street. can it change things? we know congress isn't going to do anything until way after the election. >> exactly. that's part of the issue. you heard it from jp morgan, goldman sachs.

with $2,000 coming out of the average american family's pocket in terms of their tax burden next year if we go over that fiscal cliff. people are already cash strapped in this economy. if that money goes out, all of a sudden they don't have the aability to buy the things that are helping to generate business and jobs in this economy. >> and there's a general global slowdown in the economy across the globe. >> absolutely. you have it in europe, china. those two factors -- you look at the companies that have come out and been particularly negative, they are the multi-nationals that need to see growth elsewhere to recover fully as well. >> rebecca jarvis, thank you very much. in the caribbean, tropical storm sandy is expected to become a hurricane later today, headed toward jamaica, cuba and could affect the east coast of the u.s. this weekend. cbs 4 is watching sandy. david, tell us what's happening

with this storm. >> here is the latest. you're right, sandy is very close to hurricane with 70-mile-per-hour winds, just south of jamaica this morning, moving quicker to the north at 14 miles per hour. let's look ahead as we go into the the weekend and early next week. by the weekend sandy is predi predicted to be north of the bahamas. here comes a big wintertime jet stream dip with a lot of cold air. the question is, does this jet stream dip kpture sandy and pull it toward the east coast or does sandy just go out to sea? however, there is a third possibility. and that is the storm goes out to sea but all the warm air associated with the tropical system merges with the cold air in this joem dip and forms a new low, which could be a major nor'easter. that could mean extremely heavy snows well inland, across the appalachians, western pennsylvania, very heavy rains along the coast and, of course, some very strong winds. it's an interesting setup and

one that will have to be watched very closely. >> thank you, david bernard. hour by hour picture of the attack that killed the ambassador in libya. state department e-mail alerts that were sent while the attack on the u.s. consulate was under way. four americans died, including ambassador christopher stevens. the first alert was sent that afternoon. it read u.s. diplomatic mission in benghazi under attack. it was sent to the white house situation room and the government offices. the next e-mail read the firing has stopped, attempting to locate embassy personnel. two hours after the first e-mail a third alert reported an islamic military group had claimed responsibility. this is the earliest record so far showing u.s. officials were told it could be a terrorist attack. it became a campaign issue as republicans criticized the obama administration for not calling it terrorism sonner. massachusetts officials are beginning to shut down the pharmacy blamed for a nationwide

meningitis outbreak. aas of this morning, 23 deaths have been reported around the country. 308 patients in 17 states have been infected with the virus. jim axelrod is in massachusetts. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. leaky boiler, black spots of fungus visible to the naked eye at the necc. >> the board of pharmacy has voted permanently to revoke necc's license to prit in massachusetts. >> reporter: state officials say their preliminary investigation revealed a failure to follow the most basic laboratory standards. >> examination of necc records indicated a failure of the facility to sterilize products for even the minimum amount of time necessary to ensure sterility. >> reporter: trouble d by the

very steroids suspected in the outbreak. >> before receiving their own test results confirming that those lots were sterile. >> reporter: necc released a statement saying they always cooperated with the state pharmacy board and, quote, it is hard to imagine that the board has not been fully apprised of both the manner and scale of the company's operations. there was a long history of complaints against the company, dating back more than a decade. in 2006, the fda sent a warning letter that some of their procedures could lead to, quote, potential microbial contamination. former chief counsel of the fda. >> the company made a clear conscious decision to disregard that letter. only a few years later they were engaged in the very behavior that the fda warned them about. >> reporter: as a result of the investigation, massachusetts is now conducting unannounced inspections at other compounding

facilities. charlie, norah? a beach near santa barbara, california, is closed this morning after a deadly shrk attack. pulled from the water and pronounced dead at the scene. the attack happened off surf beach which runs along the edge of vandenberg air force base. it is believed to be a great white, the same area where another surfer was killed by a shark just two years ago. it is time to show you this morning's headlines from around the globe. the washington post reports the obama administration is secretly skr developing a new plan to hunt down terrorists, database called the disposition matrix, contains potential terrorists and the ability to track them down. usa today says college costs are going up at a slower rate.

a new report says public university costs rose much less than previous years but federal grant money also seems to be leveling off and average tuition is still rising a lot faster than family income. new york daily news says hedge fund manager has donated $100 million to new york's central park, largest gift to the city ever made. paulson s we're starting out a

little wet around the bay area. the skies trying to part somewhat. a lot of clouds and scattered showers if you are headed out the door especially as you make your way in along the peninsula and the south bay. you can see that next batch of moisture moving onshore. things will tend to setting down into the afternoon. we'll see those skies becoming partly cloudy, still a chance of a wandering shower, temperatures mainly in the 60s, 50s and 60s coastside. looks like we'll be mostly dry for the game tonight. drier weather on the way. here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. this national weather report sponsored by party city. nobody has more party for less. t sponsored by party city. nobody has more party for less.

>> las vegas police say this man stole $1.6 million worth of chips from a well-known casino. the problem he'll have to go back there to cash them in. >> it's one of the dumbest crimes you can possibly make. >> this morning we'll show you how other crooks tried and failed to profit from casino crime. >> and doctors bills are getting longer. one woman said when she asked questions during her physical she was charged an extra 50. what should patients do about this portion of cbs "this morning" is sponsored by olay. challenge what's possible. y pro. achieve anti-aging results so you look up to 12 years younger.

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good morning from the traffic center. we go live to the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is backed up but you can actually see it now earlier there were raindrops all over our camera. slow and go metering lights on. things easier on 880 no accidents to report. northbound though i take that back, right at 66th avenue, we have reports of an accident possibly blocking lanes. and if you are heading on northbound 17 at summit road look out for a wreck in lanes. skies parting in some parts of the area although seeing showers toward ocean beach looks ominous but i think as we head throughout the day, the rain will start to wind down. still, you're seeing showers in along the coastline and toward the south bay in san jose. we are seeing light showers there. a little heavier to the north. still, as we head toward the afternoon the skies will part. and yes, we'll see a little sunshine. temperatures up in the 60s in most spots. 50s and 60s by the coast. next couple of days return to dry weather, warmer for the weekend. ♪

>> this is very interesting. did you know it's possible we could wind up with a president mitt romney and a vice president biden. it's true. if there's a tie in the electoral college the senate picks the vice president and the house picks the president. they really should make them share an apartment if that happens. that would being a great romney and biden. a dog on every car and a foot in every mouth. >> that's pretty good. >> there you go. welcome back to cbs "this morning." las vegas police are searching for a california man accused of taking more than $1.5 million in chips from a casino. >> the theft was cut on camera and as ana warner reports the suspect faces some very long

odds. >> reporter: these surveillance pictures allegedly show the thief as he walked through the venician casino and snuck into a closed off area reserved for high rollers. designee managed to pry open the lock on the chip container. >> reporter: the man vanished with his $1.6 million haul because at that early hour at 6:00 a.m. on october 10th nobody was using the room. the suspect is 31-year-old akingide cole who has a mohawk style hair cut and a large growth on his left ear. he's from palmdale, california. >> he's been looking for work for months. and he hasn't been successful with it. >> reporter: it's not nearly as complicated heist as the one grand slammerized by the film "oceans 11." >> casino security can't be beaten. >> reporter: the odds of getting away with it are worse. >> even though people get away with some of this stuff sometimes, initially it's very difficult to take it through the conclusion.

>> reporter: it's the most recent in a string of attempts to chip away at house money. michael bellton was two men who pepper sprayed a dealer and stole $115,000 in chips. he apologized in court and got two to five years in prison. in 2010 at the bellagio, the so-called biker bandit ran off with chips worth $1.5 million. this security video captured him dashing through the casino wearing a motorcycle helmet and brandishing a gun. the catch here is that authorities say in these cases the thieves likely can't even cash in. the chips can only be reteamed at the casino from where they were stolen. anywhere else they are worthless. >> one of the dumbest crimes you can possibly make. >> reporter: once again the house always wins. for cbs "this morning," ana warner, los angeles. >> senior correspondent john miller former fbi deputy director joins us now.

good morning. i assume you would be out there reporting on this story. take a week? >> maybe a couple of weeks. >> large expensive undercover. >> this sounds like one of those stories you would call a knuckle head story. >> you took the words out of my mouth. the dynamic is exactly the same, norah. we talked last week about the art thieves and how they steal priceless paintings but then can't sell them because they are too hot. when you do what these guys do you steal like 25 and 50,000 dollar chips there's a limit of universal players. when some stranger shows up with a big stack of those it's not like her not knowing who he is. on a much more practical level when they have a theft like that, like u.s. currency when they counterfeit it they come out with a new $100 bill they come out with different sets of chips and anti-counterfeiting devices in them and ways to

track them. so we're deep in knuckle head territory here. >> not to just like go to the movies that's why in "oceans 11" they didn't steal the chips they went for the cash. >> las vegas invented information sharing and invented high end intelligence sharing, they invented all the technology. even in the high end robbery the las vegas response is different which is it's all going on in the security cameras and you think security would rush in. their tactic is let them do the robbery we'll solve the crime later. we have a movie out there but we don't want a shootout on the floor. they are very start. >> tell us about the black book than guy who developed the app. >> in 1967 they were using the black book. it's actually silver. it has everybody who is banned from every casino. this is the first information in intelligence sharing all the hotels shared it. when one guy tried to check in another hotel five seconds later every casino was aware. jeff jonas comes along in the

computer age and says wait a minute first of all we can automate this. when somebody shows up on somebody's camera we have facial identification. then when you rub data against data you get more data. by pooling everybody's information making obvious connections, not obvious connections, if somebody has turn up with the same e-mail address but under a different name the system would immediately flag that. now jeff jonas who was a vegas guy, still lives there goes to work for ibm. when i was in the cia he was a rock star in our hallways we were developing the terrorist identity, data market environment he was the guy who taught us to make that information correlate and make those connections. vegas was way ahead of the intelligence community on this because it's all about the money. >> interesting. john miller knows things. >> he does. i thought he was going to talk about a different black book. but i learn something new this morning. >> the house always wins. >> mourdock got attention in

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a parole board in connecticut will decide later today if michael skakel should be let out of prison. he's the cousin of the kennedys. as "48 hours" correspondent troy roberts reports skakel still insists they convicted the wrong man. >> reporter: ten years ago michael skakel was found guilty and sentenced to 20 years to life for the 1975 murder of his neighbor, 15-year-old martha moxley.

>> today what i've been doing for 27 years i'm praying that i can find justice for martha. you know this whole thing was about martha. >> reporter: now 52-year-old skakel is up for parole and even though he continues to maintain his innocence the mocks lie family believes the right man is behind bars. >> we knew michael had done this. >> you don't think there's any doubt? >> absolutely no doubt. >> reporter: in october 1975, michael skakel and martha moxley were both 15-year-old neighbors living in greenwich, connecticut. moxley was last seen leaving for a halloween party with skakel. her body was found on tlaun of her home the next morning. beaten to death with a golf club police say belonged to the skakel family. >> we can't undo it. >> reporter: from the start the case had all the trappings of a hollywood melobarack obama becoming the subject of books

and tv movie. not only did it take place in one of the wealthiest enclaves but involved one of the powerful families. >> they were our neighbors, rich and kennedy's. >> reporter: skakel is the nephew of ethel kennedy. his cousin and law professor bobby kennedy jr. has written about the case and believes the prosecution got it all wrong. >> he doesn't deserve to be spending 20 years of his life in jail for a crime that he didn't commit. >> reporter: in 2010 the state supreme court ruled against skakel's request for a new trial saying a claim implicating two other men in the killing had no credibility. >> somebody decided that skakel was going to jail, and that all of the other evidence, the abundant evidence against other people would be ignored. >> troy roberts with us now. troy, what are the chances that he'll be granted parole today?

>> i would be very surprised. he's only served only half of the minimum 20 year sentence. this is his first parole board hearing and this is a highly publicized case. he hasn't admitted guilt. stranger things have happened, but i don't think he's going to be walking. >> as they fointd an alter

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♪ now these thieves weren't messing around in michigan on sunday. one of them drove his pickup right through the wall of a convenience store. they didn't get far. one man is in custody, the second suspect is being sought. welcome back everybody to cbs "this morning." a minnesota woman is trying to bring attention to those hidden fees that are in medical bills. she says her doctor charged her extra for simply asking questions during her annual physical. >> it is becoming a problem for patients all over the country. so, is this happening? >> it's happening and it sounds

crazy but crazy with an explanation. the insurance company will pay once a year 0 for a preventative visit. what's happened in the last year. but if something new comes up that takes time they don't pay for that so what the doctor is doing is charging another code for that. of course the patient should be warned beforehand. >> why is it happening? >> it's happening because of perverse incentive. doctors are paid for doing stuff to patients in stead of providing health. i'm an internist. if you come in complaining of heart burn, i can take a long time talk towing about your history what's going on in your life, maybe you're afwra elevated about this job you have. maybe i don't need to do any procedure if i can talk to you. >> talk to her about that. >> or i can do a procedure. the insurance company will pay me for a lot more than spending time and figuring out what's going on. >> what about the doctor's argument their time is valuable and they do have to make a living that they should charge

for that time when they are consulting. why shouldn't they get paid. >> she should be but not under a system where the meter is running. as a doctor, i want to encourage you to tell me everything. i want to avoid that by the way moment as you're leaving. oh, by the way i have crushing chest pains. my colleagues may hate me for this but there are systems like in the cleveland clinic where people are on salary and there's no incentive for ordering stuff. that may not be the only solution but we have to figure out a way where doctors are encouraged for providing health than doing stuff to them. >> it's good point because charlie and i were talking about lawyers. lawyers talk for every minute and when you're on the phone are you charging me. and every time you think about going to your doctor, something doesn't feel right. he'll just charge me for asking him a couple of questions. >> i want to encourage you to talk to me. the system has all these

perverse incentives. >> are there other hidden fees? >> you know, there are hidden fees in terms of the photo copies that you make and things like that. the bottom line is people are so afraid to talk about honey. when you call-up that office manager say how much will it cost me, period. i don't want anything after the fact. >> the other thing that disturbs me when you see the doctor first it's about money buff get the doctor. you go through the process. you're not here until we have you cover. at some point you have a good relation with the doctor but that first visit it's part of the process. >> the first visit -- there's so much tension anyway who are you. >> great information. thank you. you could say james dyson has been cleaning up the competition for years. the man who invented the dyson vacuum cleaner is here. pet owners may like his latest creation. he's got it straight ahead on cbs "this morning". ♪

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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald it is 7:56. i'm elizabeth wenger. federal investigators are looking into the crash of a small plane that kill two people in eastern contra costa county. the home-built aircraft crashed nearby ron yesterday. the contra costa county fire district plans to close 11 stations in the coming years if the voters don't pass measure q on the november ballot which calls for a $75 annual district parcel tax. the grounds crew and security officials are prepping the at&t park for game one of the world series. barry zito will throw the first pitch to the detroit tigers at 5:07 this afternoon. the traffic and weather coming up. ,,,,

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good morning. reports of a problem northbound 101 at broadway accident blocking lanes. look at that line of red there both directions slow through there. travel times slow north 101, 92 to the split, 33 minutes. also 280 and 92 seeing delays. a little slow and go towards the bay bridge toll plaza. gets a lot better though in our live look as you work your way across the upper deck into san francisco. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> jeanne a little stormy start to the day in parts of the bay area. breaking up. in the north breaks of clouds there. but toward the afternoon we'll see a little more sunshine. still, some raindrops continue to fall into the santa cruz mountains in parts of the south bay right now. that's going to be moving out over the next couple of hours. and we should start to dry things out. temperatures by this afternoon mainly into the 60s only a slight chance of showers for the world series. and then looks like we dry things out very nicely on thursday and friday. warmer for the weekend. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com what's that? when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh.

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♪ ♪ it is 8:00 a.m. welcome back to "cbs this morning." tropical storm sandy may become a hurricane today which could mean trouble for the east coast. the man who reinvented the vacuum cleaner, james dyson, will show why engineering is becoming a lost art. first here is a look at what's happening in the world and what we've been covering on "cbs this morning." >> the president's status quo campaign going forward with the same ideas as we've seen over the last four years is why he's slipping. >> presidential candidates are focusing on the battleground states that will decide the election. >> reporter: both campaigns feel like this is a deadlocked race here in ohio. billionaire donald trump says he's got something to share on the president. charlie and norah, i'm sure you're on the edge of your seat

for that. >> indiana's republican u.s. senate candidate is in hot water over comments he made. >> even in the horrible situation of rape, that it is something god intended to happen. >> sandy is close to a hurricane with 70-mile-per-hour winds is south of jamaica this morning. >> sandy could affect the east coast this weekend. >> what's happening in the market. >> $500 billion in value has been wiped out in just the last three days. las vegas police say this man stole $1.6 million worth of chips from a well-known casino. >> this sounds like what you would call a knucklehead story. >> took the words out of my mouth. >> friends who maybe are no longer in the role previously in your life. >> you're being very delicate, i like that. >> today domino's gave out a half million slices of free pizza. then later everyone gave them back. i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell. people on the east coast are watching a major storm that may

be coming this way. >> david bernard is chief meteorologist of our miami station, cbs 4 and joins us. what's happening with tropical storm sandy? >> let's start with the very latest from the hurricane center. this came in a couple of minutes ago. it's less than 100 miles southwest of kingston, jamaica moving north at 14 miles per hour. sandy may become a hurricane later today as it approaches the southeastern coast of cuba. looking ahead as we get into the weekend, we'll talk about what the possible scenarios are for the northeastern portion of the united states. we've got a big winter-like jet stream dip that's coming through the plains this weekend. that may capture the storm and propel it into the east coast with tropical storm, maybe even hurricane-force-wind conditions. it's too early to say. there's an option it goes out to sea. kind of a third, middle-of-the-road option is all the warm air associated with

sandy remains and clashes with the cold air from the west and that focuses a new low. while you have storm conditions, we could be talking extreme snows in the i understand land areas of the appalachians, western portions of pennsylvania. a lot of weather is going to be on the map as we go into the weekend. right now we have more questions than answers. people need to be aware of the potential for a big storm late this weekend and early next week. >> already, david bernard, thank you for that information. for the first time, the federal government is going to monitor debt collectors. the consumer financial protection bureau says it wants to shut down abusive tactics. it says debt collectors will have to communicate honestly with customers. the rules with cover about 175 companies and at least 30 million americans are facing debt collection. in britain the bbc is under fire in a child sex abuse scandal it is accused of failing to control one of its most famous personalities. mark phillips is in london with

that story. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. there is something darkly familiar about this story. a great institution smeared by scandal, a respected figure accused of child abuse and lots of young victims. in this case it's not penn state. it's the british broadcasting corporation and it's not jerry sandusky, it's the man named jimmy savile. >> he was a flamboyant dee gee and bandstand host in the british '60s and '70s pop culture. he was a national institution, the idol of teeny boppers and younger children. it was convenient for him because it turns out jimmy savile was accused of being a serial child molester who preyed on his fans. witnesses say he'd sometimes take them into the motor home that followed him on his charity runs or alleged he'd take them into his dressing room at the

bbc or he would abuse children during visits to hospitals or he'd molest them at a mental institution where disturbed children were sent. stephen george who before his sex change was a teenage girl was one of those institutionalized children. >> he then put his hands between my legs and there was nothing i could do. the kind of institution it was, you couldn't stand up and say, oh, look, this is what this man is doing, stop him or whatever. they would have punished us. they wouldn't have believed us. >> jimmy savile, sir jimmy since his knighthood died a year ago. the rumors he was a predator pedophile persisted and a bbc news program began to prepare a report. suspiciously that report was canceled as a series of tributes to savile were about to be broadcast. the new head of the bbc, george entwistle is trying to defend it

and in front of a hostile committee denied a coverup. >> this is a gravery serious matter and one cannot look back at it with anything but horror san franciscoingly. >> reporter: investigations have been launched, who knew what savile was up to and why didn't they stop it? jimmy savile once rubbed shoulders with the good, the great and the famous. now his reputation has been destroyed. the question is will he take the reputation of one of the world's great media organizations down with him? there's another american angle to this sorted story. the man in charge of the bbc during the time the savile story was being suppressed. he's moving on to new job as president and chief executive officer of "the new york times." this story is spreading far and wide. >> thank you, mark phillips. they say things are bigger in texas. apparently they're faster, too. today the last leg of a texas toll road opens with the

nation's fastest speed limit. so you can leaguely drive 85 miles per hour on the stretch of texas highway 130. it runs south of the austin airport to just east of seguin. i have to say this is not good. everybody knows you drive faster than the speed limit. i would never do that, of course. if the speed limit is 65, it's easy to go 71, 72. if you start at 85, people will do 90. >> i feel the need, the need for speed. remember that line? >> i do. >> t

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you go up in flames faster than the new york yankees. >> ouch, jay. you don't expect to get burned when you put on sunscreen. i don't use sunscreen. people who hate pulling hair out of the vacuum cleaner, james dyson, the inventor who developed the first bagless vacuum, so when you come here we put you to work, this morning he'll tell you why hardware is more important than software and much more important than google. >> thank goodness someone is cleaning our green room. >> he knows how to do it. right now dr. holly phillips is going to tell us how to help seniors stay on their feet. >> good morning. in today's "healthwatch," what's up with falling down? for people over 65, fear of falling is real. that's because falls are the leading cause of injury and accidental death as we age. now a first dch of-its-kind

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♪ sir james dyson has been a cutting-ed cutting-edge innovator for 20 years. >> he's the first person to tell you the world needs more inventors. welcome sir james. i don't know from vacuum cleaners but i do know you're right the world needs inventors. i think of thomas edison, for example. what kind of mindset makes a great inventor? >> well an engineer. that's a good start. but the mindset to be curious. and to get angry when things don't work properly. to observe how things work, what's efficient about them and then have the curiosity to find out a better way to do it. >> and ask the right questions?

>> yes. >> why can't we have a better whatever. >> right. >> fill in the blank. >> emotion and anger is good as well. >> anger? >> that's how it started with me for the vacuum cleaner. the bag became clogged and wasn't picking up the dust and i would have to bend down and pick it up. >> do you think the world doesn't appreciate inventors enough? >> young children really interested in invention and engineering and somehow it getting knocked out of them and by the time they get to university or high school, they start to do academic subjects. you produce 12 times as many lawyers as you do engineers. but the trouble is the world is changing and international trade means that export, you have to have something unique, better technology. and so unless we produce lots more engineers and technologists and scientists we won't be able to export. >> as i'm listening to you and hearing your explanation and the

tone of your voice i'm thinking why weren't you in the james bond movie. >> exactly. the war, that all occurred during the war. you have to be inventive during the war because you have to develop weapons and systems. >> and breaking the code. >> never thought of inventors as angry. when you said having emotion and anger. you saw hair in a vacuum cleaner and you got ticked off. >> yes. over many years. because i vacuumed first as a child when i was 6. when i was 26 i was having the same problems. having to pick things up. i took the vacuum cleaner apart and discovered the achilles heel which was the bag. the bag clogged and didn't allow the airflow through therefore you lost suction. that's the thing that got me going. 20 years later, they hadn't improved the vacuum cleaner. >> as you see we use the dyson

vacuum here. charlie loves the dyson. we got all different kinds of dyson because you have a big variety. you're a little pricey. does price not factor into what you do? >> well i believe a machine should work well so i don't design it down to a price i put in what i think it should have and the kind of quality it should have. i know that's not for everybody. but you use a vacuum cleaner a lot. i think it should work proper. >> the other thing you make a point of is bill gates and other people at google and every where else in silicon valley talk about software and you're here to talk about hardware. there's not enough hardware. >> yes. i do believe that. the reason -- software is fine. we use software in our new technology. but the problem is i think young people are growing up in an environment that facebook and google and these sort of things that's the place to be. that's the place to go and so

on. but you see that very small employer, general motors employs four times as many people as google. caterpillar employs more people than facebook. future is in manufacturing. >> that's an interesting -- >> the hardware business is growing faster than the software business. >> but in terms of what kind of manufacturing and new industries and manufacturing for products for the future? >> yes. but that's why we got have more scientists and more engineers to create science and technology faster than our competitors abroad. china produces probably 20 times as many engineers as in the united states. india probably the same. 40% all graduates from singapore are graduates. >> a lot of people are fans because hair in a vacuum cleaner you're so right is so annoying. sir james, an honor to meet you. when we com,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald good morning, everyone. 8:25 your time. i'm frank mallicoat with your cbs 5 headlines. a fiery plane crash yesterday afternoon in east contra costa county killing two people on board. the plane went down in a farmer's field near the byron airport there. both the pilot and passenger were killed. their names have yet to be released though. a woman found dead after a house fire castro valley has been murdered. firefighters discovered the body of the 58-year-old woman as they worked to put out the flames. this happened last week. investigators now say she was brutally attacked before that fire was started. they believe the fire was set to cover up the attack on her and the robbery of her home. allegations of a coverup in connection with the port of oakland party at a strip club in houston years ago.

the name of oman benjamin was redacted from the copies of the party receipts that the "chronicle" was given. he and the maritime director disagree about whether benjamin was at the pricy party four years ago in houston. traffic and weather coming up right after the break. ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. lots of company on 80 compliments of an accident westbound at sunol valley. we have a couple of cars involved blocking lanes. you can see traffic backed up as you work your way through

there. in fact, the brake lights are all the way towards the bay bridge. take you about up to 40 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze along 80. westbound 80 struggling through the altamont pass. starting to see brake lights along westbound 24, as well. if you are heading along the peninsula 101 at broadway cleared to the right shoulder but the damage is done. slow in both directions. also sluggish along 92. that's a look at your morning drive. here's lawrence. >> starting with a few showers around the bay area this morning, skies beginning to part the further north you go toward ocean beach just ominous looking clouds there. showers continuing into parts of the south bay right now. hi-def doppler picking up on that. heavier rainfall over the santa cruz mountains going to sweep out of town throughout the morning hours and by the afternoon, partly cloudy. temperatures in the 60s. slight chance of a wandering shower. and then things settle down toward the next couple of days. lots of sunshine coming our way temperatures warming up mid-70s by saturday and sunday. maybe some rain next tuesday. by the way, for the world series, looking pretty nice. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,,

♪ welcome back to cbs "this morning." john grisham is a master of the modern legal thriller. his new novel "the racketeer" is about a lawyer trying to find a way out of prison. >> grisham's previous book was about his other passion baseball. the world series begins tonight and he is to coin a word unhappy about that. john grisham. cardinals? >> not the year for the cardinals? >> last year wasn't either. i kind of like to see the

cardinals in the world series. >> you've love them for a long time. >> since i was born, yeah. it's in the dna. >> let's talk about your book, because this is so exciting to me because for the first time many of your books, have i told you i love you today. >> no big deal. >> that's the beauty of it. race does not factor into this. how does this happen for you. >> over the years i had some wonderful fans who happen to be black. be cool if there was a black o protagonist. >> the first line grabs you right away. i'm a lawyer and i'm in prison. it's a long story. >> very long story. takes 340 pages to figure it out. >> who is malcolm. >> malcolm is our hero in prison. he has five more years. small town lawyer in virginia.

got caught up in stuff and went to prison. against that backdrop a federal judge is murdered and malcolm knows exactly who did it and why. and there's a rule 35 in the federal system that if you are in prison and you have some valuable information that will help the fbi, the authorities solve a crime on the outside, the crimes they want to solve, you can batterer your way out. and that's what malcolm manages to do and here we go. >> it's such a tale you weave in the middle it. >> when i was writing the book i told my wife and editor i feel sorry for ted tor because you're going to have no idea what's going on. i knew but getting there was difficult for the reader. it all ties in nicely at the end because you're clueless halfway through the book. >> i read all your books.

"pelican brief," "the firm." a lot of your books you're taken away. you can see this turning into a movie? >> yes. >> your writing now thinking about -- >> i know when i finish a book, every book will be looked at by a lot of people in the movie business. that's part of what i think about. i can't cast these things. i don't have images of certain actors when i write a book. that's a diversion. i'm so plugged into the plot. that's why the books work and hollywood likes them it's one scene after another, fairly simple writing style with a tight plot. again that's part of the appeal. but, yeah, they will be looked at and this one generated more movie buzz than the last half buzz. >> i see denzel washington. >> everybody says that. >> we sent the book to a dofz our favorite people in hollywood

and there's some great folks out there we met over the years and everybody says that. we got to get denzel. nobody has heard from denzel. you never get the one you want. can never get the right actor. >> guess who else like your books. critics. >> yeah. >> i've sold a zillion books with bad reviews and good reviews. >> from "the washington post," grisham's 30th book offers a thoroughly display of characteristic values. an insider's view of our complex often fatally flawed legal system. >> keep reading, charlie. sounds good. >> you are getting. what's happened? >> you know -- >> you got good at this >> after 30 books i figured it out. the reviews come and go. sometimes a book comes out -- you have to love a book to finish it. you have to love the story to get through it. i'm crazy about all of it when i'm done.

it's intriguing to see when a book is a published good reviews, bad reviews, how they are received. i don't worry about reviews. >> your first book, a time to kill, it didn't -- it was rejected at first so you ended up buying 1500 copies of your own book 1,000 copies of your own book. >> there was a publisher printed up 5,000 copies. i realized selling books is far more difficult than writing them. i sold them in libraries and coffee shops and finally gave most of them away. and those things -- they never went back to the second printing. never a paper back. later it came. and those hard back editions are very rare these days. >> they are worth big bucks? >> about $4,000. i had 1,000 of them. do the math. >> you're good at math.

>> yeah. >> john grisham, what a pleasure. congratulations. >> always fun. >> "the racketeer" is available now and guy fieri has been >> "the racketeer" is available now and guy fieri has been called tv's,,,, get sleep train's very best mattresses at the guaranteed lowest price. plus, pay no interest for 3 years on the best brand-name mattress sets. but the best rest event ends sunday at sleep train.

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♪ adele singing the lead track from "sky fall." >> prince charles was there with his wife camilla to greet daniel craig who is playing 007 for the third time. "skyfall" opens on november 9th. welcome back to cbs "this morning." >> guy fieri has taken the concept of celebrity chef to a new level. he owns restaurants all over the

country and you can see him on tv, more than 35 hours a week. we took a trip to midtown and caught up with him at his brand new place in times square. >> love your show. >> thank you. >> stroll the streets of new york with guy fieri and you'll realize why he's called a culinary rock star. >> how you doing, man? >> great show. >> except you would be hard pressed to find a rock star as friendly and relatable as guy. the guy next door. >> where you from? >> upstate new york. >> thank you, brother. i was up in syracuse. >> his popularity is due to the host of the food network's," diners, drive-ins and dives." by crisscrossing the country with his signature saying and spiky blonde hair he's brought the masses to the heart of america's culinary world. a fact he's proud of. >> these mom and pop joint is

what build our young chefs, keep our communities fed, are really probably one of the last socially engaging environments that we have in our communities. part of the eagle's legs are made out of beer can labels. >> his latest adventure is anything but mom and pop. >> i've never seen an american eagle like that. >> this month he opens his eighth restaurant, guy's american bar and kitchen in new york's times square. just like his personality, it's big. 500 seats big. >> having fun? >> it's more than having fun. it's kind of like if you tell somebody that you're going disneyland but now you own disneyland. this is new york city, times square, mind blowing. >> like with any new restaurants the city's elite and judgmental food critics have been harsh on the chef. >> this is a snack of all bar

snacks. >> he's more pabts blue ribbon than pinot noir. >> when somebody says i wouldn't feed this to my cat what do you say? >> they must not like their cat very much. i know what i like. i know the success of my food. you can't have eight restaurants and doing it that wrong. >> the food network's guy fieri. >> jokes about his unhealthy cooking style is nothing new. but he handles it all with his signature charm. >> i was told there would be no work involved. >> yeah. i was told there would be no tough questions. >> and makes no apologies. >> i'm not saying don't eat this, just don't eat it every day. the reality is moderation needs to become a word we all learn. >> growing up in northern california guy learned about healthy eating early. raised on mainly tofu by hippie

parents he's been in love with food and the business of food for as long as he can remember. when he was just 10 he had his own pretzel cart. >> i worked on the cart. every day i come back. i finished the pretzel cart. what do you want to name it. when you're 9 or 10 what do you name it? it was called the awesome pretzel kid. >> did you look back and say i was an entrepreneur at an awesome age. >> didn't know everybody wasn't doing that. i just enjoyed it. >> and the enthusiasm paid off. by age 37 he already owned four successful restaurants and was starting a family when his friends convinced him to apply for a new reality show called "the next food network star." >> my wife and i were pregnant with our son.

your crazy? she goes you have a feeling you'll being a great at this. you should try this. >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> and she was right. >> guy! >> he won. and the rest is tv reality show history. six years later he hosted nine shows and forbes ranked him as the 10th wealthiest chef pulling in $8 million last year alone. if you ask his fans it boils down to guy being the right mix of flavor and flare. if you ask guy, it's about only one thing. >> food. it's what we all love. we all have trouble getting countries to get along. let's have a big cookout. bring world leaders together. i'll bring the barbecue. >> world peace with guy. >> world peace. >> you know it was really interesting to talk to him. he's both the most popular show on food network.

he travels all over the country. this guy is making $100,000 a speech which is what ex-presidents make. he's very popular. >> i love his attitude too. i love his attitude. look at the food and i'm thinking he can cook. >> the new york food critics have been very tough. >> he had a great line for that. they must not like their cat very much. good line for that. >> yeah, exactly. >> he said if you have eight restaurants you must be doing something right. >> like he started off as an entrepreneur as a young kid with his pretzel truck. >> it's all in the family for norah o'donnell. look up chef jeff and see what we're talking about. it's been 30 years since ted danson became the own of a bar called cheers. sam malone is just one of his many memorable characters. he's here to talk about his character on "csi."

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>> what are you doing? >> the guy did it. >> no, actually, greg, he's a suspect. >> there's blood all over the place. >> all the more reason to rein it in so we can nail it. >> when it's people you care about the rule book goes out the window. but when it means something to me -- yeah i should have told you. >> ted danson is in charge of the midnight on csi crime scene investigation. he joined a year ago after starring in "becker" and "cheers." >> first "csi."

what is it about those series that captured the imagination of television audiences? >> i don't know. i don't know. i really don't. it's forensic. it's looking at murder and mayhem from a different point of view, from a scientific point of view which is intrigue. and it's the number one watched show in the world. so, what they are doing over 13 years seems to be really working. they do not pretend to be anything else than an amazing forensic mystery. it takes you along for the ride and you approach it from a scientific point evof view whic doesn't let people look from the dark side but let's them in. >> when we ran that clip, you went no. you don't like to look at yourself on camera? >> no. >> why? >> because when i work i'm joyful, i love it, i can do no

wrong. at least i don't judge myself. as soon as i see myself i become this horrible judgmental person. i rather not go there. >> let's talk about your character on "csi," you play db russell. how dupre pair for that? was it a little bit of a learning experience in terms of playing a forensic investigator? >> sure. but you're also an actor who reads the script and you try to words on and you learn by, by trying the words on. >> yeah. >> the play is the thing. the story. every day you learn more. i did go because i want ad taste of gravitas. because people are dealing with death and dark side of life and most people, certainly i, try to avoid. i didn't want to come in and be silly about something pretty heavy. so i went to an autopsy, a quadruple autopsy in vegas, and before i knew it i was holding a man's skull cap while they

weighed his brain and i have never -- i can still feel the adrenaline rushing through my body. it was so powerful an experience. very sobering, and, yeah. made a difference in my life. i'm glad i did it. i don't know what impact hit on my acting but it gave me a sense of heavy duty stuff. >> can we talk about elizabeth. >> she's great. she's great. wonderful for the show. i think she's beginning to enjoy herself too. it's scary to go from independent films to an hour long drama. >> you just celebrated 30 years of "cheers." >> i did. you were talking about my age for a minute. springtime. yeah. it was great. really fun. >> we took northeast it here. >> yes, we did. >> i'm wondering what you remember of it. i remember the finale of

"cheers." people were weeping when that show went off the air. >> third most watched final episode in the history of television. >> yes. and i shouldn't take away from it by saying there are only four networks back then. made it easier to reach those numbers. we watched a film package or clips from all the shows, and it was all the write earns actors and everyone who had worked on it, and it was funny. it was funny and had heart. it was very funny to watch us after, in our 64 or whatever, in my case year old bodies and entertainment tonight asked would you consider coming back and do a he reunion show. then people behind the cameras talking and reuniting. you saw a bunch of people with these 64-year-old faces and white hair going what, what did she say?

a reunion. and that's what the reunion show would be. what? we got the punch line. >> be fun to see how sam malone has matured over the years. i loved your character. >> you can be an adolescent into your early 40s and then it becomes unattractive. i don't know what they would do. >> let's talk about your passion for the environment and the ocean. do we have time? we have 30 seconds, ted. i'm sorry to do that. >> go to oceana.org. amazing website. we run the risk of fishing out of our ocean. this country is doing a great job but check it out. oceana.org. >> you can see a brand new episode of "csi" tonight at 10:00. >> that does it for us. up next your local news. see you tomorrow here on cbs "this morning". ,,,,

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>> your realtime captioner: linda marie macdonald hi, everyone. good morning. 8:55. i'm frank mallicoat. get you updated now on some bay area headlines. the big one, the big game, barry zito going to start game one of the world series tonight. zito of course the giants' hero in game 5, the nlcs. he brought it back to the bay. his world series start comes two years after he was left off the post-season roster. he got some tough competition facing justin verlander in tonight's world series opener at at&t park. >> in a razor-thin vote san jose city council decided to oppose measure d the ballot measure that would increase the minimum hourly wage in the city to $10. yesterday's vote was 6-5. supporters say low wage workers need to earn more to afford living in an expensive city.

opponents are concerned the measure would harm local businesses. friday you can order the latest apple gadget. the ipad mini unveiled in san jose yesterday. it's smaller than the ipad with an 8" screen but the price not so tiny starts at $329. how about that weather for game one tonight, lawrence? >> i think we are going to be okay but starting out today of course a lot of rainfall early on. sweeping southward you can see a couple of sunny breaks in between the clouds over looking russian hill and the showers continuing into the santa cruz mountain. the rain will sweep to the south and east of the bay area so things settle down by the afternoon. chance of showers through game time. dry weather thursday and friday, warmer over the weekend. we'll check your "timesaver traffic" coming up next. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,

good morning. traffic still a struggle this morning but it is clearing out are on the roads. metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's going to take 35 minutes as you work your way across the freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze. still seeing brake lights on 580, 880 an slow and go both directions near mountain view. that's traffic. have a great day. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ,,,,,,,,